Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat

Kerr's Atlantic Tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Phyllomys
Species: P. kerri
Binomial name
Phyllomys kerri
(Moojen, 1950)

Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat, Phyllomys kerri, or Moojen's Atlantic tree rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

  1. Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). Phyllomys kerri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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